ASSPUK,JISGE , UK KFA and UK Preparatory Committee For the 2017 Gathering to Praise the Great Persons Born of Mt Paektu on the 72nd Anniversary of the liberation of Korea.

3rd of August Juche 106(2017)
The Association For the Study of Songun Politics UK (ASSPUK) , the Juche Idea Study Group of England(JISGE), the UK Korean Friendship Association (UK KFA ) , and the UK Preparatory Committee For the 2017 Gathering to Praise the Great Persons Born of Mt Paektu issued the following joint statement on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of Korea from Japanese imperialism on the 15th of August;

72 years ago on 15th of August 1945 Korea was liberated from the grim and oppressive fascist rule of Japanese imperialism, thanks to the 20 year long armed struggle conducted under the leadership of the great leader general KIM IL SUNG the sun of the Korean nation , ever-victorious iron willed brilliant commander and gifted military strategist. The anti-Japanese People's Guerrilla Army led by the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG had neither a state base or rear to rely on.The armed struggle of the anti-Japanese guerrilla was a self-reliant one that embodied the Juche Idea and the Songun Idea. The great leader general KIM IL SUNG cast aside the flunkeyist idea of relying on big powers for salvation and instead conducted an independent struggle,based on Juche , against Japanese imperialism fully relying on the masses of people.

The anti-Japanese armed struggle fully proved in practice the truth of Songun that independence is achieved by the force of arms. During the anti-Japanese armed struggle the great leader generalissimo KIM IL SUNG adhering firmly to the line of Songun rejected illusions of the national reformists and opportunists that independence could be achieved by peaceful means or by begging for it
The Juche-orientated guerrilla tactics of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG and the indomitable struggle of the Anti-Japanese People's Guerrilla Army (later the Korean People's Revolutionary Army ) tore the guts out of Japanese imperialism, defeating the million strong Kwangtung army of Japanese imperialism. The barbaric Japanese imperialist invaders were expelled from the land of Korea at last.
The defeat of Japanese imperialism, one of the main forces and shock brigade of international fascism , by the partisans of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army led by the great leader general KIM IL SUNG made a great contribution to the victory of worldwide anti-fascist forces .
The victorious liberation struggle of the Korean people led by general KIM IL SUNG , a gifted military strategist and ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander was an inspiration for the peoples of the colonial countries fighting for their independence and liberation . The 1968 World Cultural Congress in Havana adopted a document praising the anti-Japanese armed struggle waged under the leadership of the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG.
With the victory of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army , commanded by the great leader generalissimo KIM IL SUNG ,in August 1945 the Korean people finally gained their emancipation from the cruel shackles of Japanese colonialism and greeted a new life of independence , a life of hope for the future.
After liberation under the leadership of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG the people of Korea built a new thriving country of independence .The recent test-fires of the Hwasong-14 have shown that the strong spirit of independence has been carried forward and the DPRK is the most independent country in the world and the only country that raises high the banner of anti-US ,anti-imperialist struggle. ! We rejoice over this achievements.
This year the celebrations of the August 15th liberation are more meaningful because they take place in the year which sees the 105th anniversary of the birth of the great leader comradeKIM IL SUNG, 75th anniversary of the birth of chairman KIM JONG IL and the 5th anniversary of the election of dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN as the supreme leader of the DPRK
Today the Korean people under the wise leadership of dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN ,who follows in the footsteps of the great generalissimo's of Mt Paektu , KIM IL SUNG and KIM JONG IL, are now consolidating the gains of liberation and marching forward towards final victory in the great anti-US showdown and to reunification ! .
ASSPUK
JISGE

UK KFA
UK Preparatory Committee For the 2017 Gathering to Praise the Great Persons Born of Mt Paektu